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Tuesday
Feb082011

CyOptics gets $50m worth of new investors and funding 

Optical component firm CyOptics has received a US $50million investment. Gazettabyte discussed the company’s activities and plans with CEO, Ed Coringrato, and Stefan Rochus, the company’s vice president of marketing and business development. 


“Volume production scale is very important to having a successful business”

Ed Coringrato, CyOptics

 

 

 

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Wednesday
Oct132010

Q&A with Rafik Ward - Part 1

In the first of a two-part interview, Rafik Ward, vice president of marketing at Finisar, talks about 40 and 100 Gigabit optics, emerging market opportunities and why this is the best time for a decade to be in the optical components industry.   

 

"This is probably the strongest growth we have seen since the last bubble of 1999-2000." Rafik Ward, Finisar

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday
Sep232010

Google and the optical component industry

Google caused a stir at ECOC by requesting a new 100 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) interface, claiming the existing 100 Gigabit standards fall short of what is needed.

According to a report by Pauline Rigby, Google wants something in between two existing IEEE interface standards. The 100GBase-SR10, which has 10 parallel channels and a 125m span, has too short a reach for Google.

 

“What is good for an 800-pound gorilla is not necessarily good for the industry. It [Google] should have been at the table when the IEEE was working on the standard."

Daryl Inniss, practice leader, components, Ovum

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